Building-block



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JAMES SQGOODIVIN, OF EMERALD, \VISUONSIN.

BUILDING-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,967, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed July 14, 1887. Serial No. 244,312. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES S. GOODWIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Emerald, in the county of St. Groix and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building-Blocks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to the letters of reference marke'd thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in building-blocks; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts whereby the appearance of brick is imparted to a frame house. The said house is strengthened and labor and time are saved in the construction of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a section of a house being constructed of the herein-described material. Fig. 2 is a section cut through a wall, showing the manner of joining the timbers.

The letter A designates a piece of three bysix timber of any desired length. Atregular intervals of eight inches are cuthalf-inch grooves B across one of the three-inch sides. Upon the same side the entire upper edge is beveled or rabbeted, as at C. These grooves and beveled edges are painted white, either before or after being put in the building, and the spaces encompassed by them are painted red, giving to the timber the appearance of a line of brick. Upon the opposite side of the timber from that just described are cut a groove D and two half-grooves E, substantially as shown, the groove D being in the center and the half-grooves E on the edges. The said grooves are so cut that they slant downward V to their base. The halfgrooves E are cut in the edges of all of the timbers alike, so that when the said timbers are placed together, as shown at Fig. 2, they form the grooves shown at their joints. In the construction of a building with this material the grooves D are provided to hold the plaster on the interior of the building, whereby the additional lathing on the interior is dispensed with. The said half-grooves E are so arranged as to form a groove at the joint of the timber. V hen the said groove is filled with plaster, it makes the joint air-tight. Upon the six-inch faces of the said timber are formed the grooves F the entire length of the said timbers. Into the said grooves are fitted the strips G, rendering the joint additionally secure against the weather. In a building constructed of this material the foundation may be constructed of .any material, as desired. Then the first timber A is secured firmly in place upon the said foundation, and a strip G is fitted in the groove F on top of the said timber. A second timber is now placed on the first so that the groove F in the lower face will fit over the strip G that is in the groove F of the first timber. When this is done, the said second timber is moved until the perpendicular grooves in its face are directly between the said grooves in the face of the first timber, in imitation of the manner of laying bricks in a building. Spikes are then driven through the second into the first timber. This operation is repeated as each successive timber is laid in .the building. At the corner of the building the alternate timbers extend out and enfold each other, as shown at Fig. 1, the exposed ends being grooved and painted in conformity with the design. Through these lapping ends are driven spikes, whereby the ends are held together. Openings for window and door frames are provided for by sawing the timbers into the desired lengths.

When the structure is up, the interior is ready for the plasterers, no lathing being required. Further, the grooves D and E, slanting as they do, hold the plaster when set firmly in place.

What I claim is As an improved article of manufacture, the building block herein shown and described, oonsisting of a timber A, of a width equal to the thickness of the wall to be constructed, the outer face of said timber being grooved at 1-3 and beveled or rabbeted at C in imitation of brick-Work, the inner face In testimony whereof I a ffix my signature in provided with the inwardly-inclined longipresence of. two Witnesses. tudinal grooves D and the halfgrooves E, one

at each edge, and the upper and lower faces JAMES S. GOOINVIN. provided with the longitudinal grooves F, Vitnesses:

adapted to receive the connecting-strips G, T. A. HURD,

as and for the purpose described. G. F. HURD. 

